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APSACC - Australia’s leading public sector anti-corruption conference was held mid-November 2022 and had more than 500 delegates from a wide range government entities. Officials spoke about the latest trends, research and practices in preventing, exposing and responding to corrupt conduct and corruption risks in the public sector.

The capability of people is important to the success of any endeavour. This is also true in our efforts to counter the increasing threat and complexity of fraud. Learn about how we plan to build counter-fraud expertise across Australian Government entities by embedding knowledge about leading practices and frameworks over the next few years.

The United Kingdom's Public Sector Fraud Authority (PSFA) was launched on 3 August 2022. The authority will be made up of counter-fraud and data experts, using best-in-class tools and advanced analytics to help departments and public bodies protect public money.

We recently interviewed ASIC Integrity Risk Specialist Stella Birch, on their experience engaging with the centre's Capability Development Support Package.

Robust frameworks and control environments are key to protecting the APS, and the businesses and citizens that we interact with, from the growing economic and societal problem of fraud. To help entities strengthen their counter-fraud approach, the centre developed a catalogue of common fraud controls.

Counter fraud specialists from the United Kingdom, New Zealand and Australia came together in a week-long event to share key insights and good practices on the growing societal and economic issue of fraud.

This profile represents common fraud risk areas and attributes from a Whole-of-Government perspective.

We share our key lessons from an international deep dive discussion on behavioural insights and fraud deterrence. This deep dive was hosted by the UK as part of the International Public Sector Fraud Forum, attended by UK, New Zealand, Canada, the United States and of course, Australia.

Humans learn through story telling. Explore the benefits of using case studies to shine a light on fraud and to challenge stigmas around detecting fraud.

How to use data to the full extent to enable an effective and efficient fraud operating model.